Questions

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• Title:	Number of staff employed on temporary or 'zero-hours' contracts
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Chief Minister
  Question date:	01/05/2012
  Reference:

  Will he further inform members of the reasons given by departments for the levels of … if so, will he agree to work with his Minister for Social Security to eliminate their use …

• Title:	Use of zero hours staff in States departments
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	15/05/2012
  Reference:

  How does his statement that ‘genuine zero hours contracts are necessary and appropriate’ apply to his department’s use of zero-hours contrac ts and is this “casual or irregular …

• Title:	The use of 'zero-hours' contacts and their interaction with the income support system
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	01/05/2012
  Reference:

  Will he inform Ministers how such contracts interact with the Income Support system and whether they cause particular problems for its administration … The existence of a zero hours …

• Title:	Breakdown of costs for temporary workers
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	29/05/2012
  Reference:

  Will the Minister state in what services and at what grades the additional 8.7 staff (from 58.8 FTE employees in the 2011 Annual Business Plan (ABP) to 67.5 FTE in the 2012 ABP …

• Title:	Modernising of the contributions system
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	15/05/2012
  Reference:

  Will the Minister bring proposals to the Assembly to modernise the Social Security contributions system to accommodate today’s employment conditions and, if so, when …

• Title:	Access to the Social Security benefits system
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Carolyn Labey
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	29/05/2012
  Reference:

  Answer An Income Support claim can only be made in respect of a household comprising, at the most, an adult couple and dependent children … I can confirm that information has …